Qian Song

Chapter 156 Tong Guan: Officials, make a decision quickly (ask for a monthly ticket!)

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After Li Cun arrived in Jiangzhou, he asked people to line up a hundred fake guns with a diameter of more than half a foot and a length of more than two feet and aimed them at Jiangzhou City. Get out of Jiangnan West Road, otherwise you will bombard Jiangzhou City, and by then there will be no rubble left in Jiangzhou City.

After receiving Li Cun's ultimatum, Xin Xingzong hurriedly gathered all his generals together to discuss what to do?
Zhe Kecun said: "Our army is defending the city according to this. How can Li Cun be against our army?"

Jing Yi said: "How about you? You didn't see that his hundreds of flying thunder cannons were aimed at our city. If these hundreds of flying thunder cannons fired in unison, the tens of thousands of people in the city would be wiped out in an instant. "

Zhe Kecun didn't believe it: "Is this flying thunder cannon really so powerful?"

Seeing Zhe Kecun's disbelief, Jing Yi looked at Qu Duan: "Zhengfu, tell Zhe Xuanzan how powerful the Thunder Cannon is."

Hearing this, Qu Duan said with a heavy face: "Wherever the flying thunder cannon passes, boulders, people and horses will all be blown away. I have seen with my own eyes that countless flying thunder cannons fired in volley, and our soldiers were smashed into pieces. When the bomb fell, tens of thousands of people were blown down in an instant, the power was terrifying, and I couldn't bear to look back."

Even though Qu Duan has already said that, Kecun still doesn't want to believe it: "Is it really so terrifying?"

Jing Yi said impatiently: "You can't think of it, can't you see it? This flying thunder cannon is dozens of times thicker than the iron cannon, and its power is dozens of times that of the iron cannon. Otherwise, An Neng will wipe out Liu Dutong's 10,000+ army ?”

Hearing what Jing Yi said, Zhe Kecun couldn't help being a little shaken.

Jing Yi then looked at Xin Xingzong: "Tong Xuanfu has an order. If you can't keep it, tell me to retreat to Jingzhou on my own, or even return to Xiangyang directly. For the current plan, why don't I follow the order?"

Xin Xingzong hesitated!
On the one hand, Xin Xingzong really didn't want to. As soon as Li Cun came, he was frightened away by Li Cun, which made him lose face and made it difficult for him to gain a foothold in the army in the future.

But on the other hand, Xin Xingzong is really afraid of the two artifacts of the "Unconscionable Cannon" and "Thunderbolt" mastered by the Huben Army, especially the former, depending on its size, if more than a hundred volleys are fired, it is really possible Raze the solid Jiangzhou city to the ground.

Furthermore, this is Jiangzhou City, the gateway to Jiangdong, so it is easy to lose it, but it will be extremely difficult to regain it in the future.

After thinking about it, Xin Xingzong decided to send people to guard against death, and at the same time send people to send news to Zhongshidao who was stationed in the Xingguo Army, and let Zhongshidao make this difficult decision.

After Zhong Shidao learned of Li Cun's ultimatum, he was also very embarrassed.

Now the Song Army on the Western Front has become the last backbone of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and also the last hope of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

The point is, the geographical location of Jiangzhou City is really important.

According to Zhong Shi's way of thinking, Jiangzhou City cannot be lost no matter what, and, the more it is like this, the more he must find a way to win a few games against Li Cun, even if it is just a small victory.

However, when Li Cun used his troops, he did not leak any water, and he did not allow the teacher to take advantage of any loopholes.

The key point is that Zhong Shidao is also afraid that after Li Cun is angered, Li Cun will start a full-scale war with the Song Army on the Western Front.

Yes.

Zhong Shidao did not want Liu Yanqing to be his successor.

But this does not mean that Zhong Shidao cannot face up to Liu Yanqing's ability.

Liu Yanqing came out bit by bit from the talented Western Army, and his level could never be too bad, otherwise, Tong Guan would not be able to support Liu Yanqing to take over his teacher's class. You know, Tong Guan It's not someone who doesn't understand the military.

Furthermore, Zhong Shidao once analyzed Liu Yanqing's defeat in detail, and felt that even if he and Liu Yanqing were switched, it would be very difficult for him not to lose to Li Cun.

No way, Li Cun's army was too strong at that time. What's more, Li Cun didn't take the initiative to attack like Fang La, but used a lot of siege equipment to force Liu Yanqing to fight. There are two kinds of artifacts, the Cannon with No Conscience and the Thunderbolt.

To be honest, Zhong Shidao is actually skeptical about the power of unconscionable cannons and thunderbolts. It is really hard for him to believe that there is such a magic weapon that can kill thousands of people at once in the world. If there is such a powerful magic weapon , then who else in this world can stop the rise of a person with such an artifact?
But Liu Yanqing and the others spoke convincingly, the key lies in the fact that more than [-] Song army elites were completely wiped out, and there is no way to believe this.

In addition, Tong Guan also specially sent someone to explain the way of the teacher. In any case, Li Cun could not let Li Cun completely wipe out the Song Army on the Western Front in his hands. It was all wiped out, otherwise he would be the biggest sinner of the Song Dynasty if he was a teacher.

Under all kinds of pressure, Zhong Shidao could only write a reply letter to Xin Xingzong, and let Xin Xingzong decide whether to defend or retreat depending on the situation, but he must be careful not to let Li Cun eat the things in his hands. Tens of thousands of horses.

Seeing Shidao Zhong kicking the ball back to his feet, Xin Xingzong dared to embarrass him.

At this moment, someone came to report that the Huben army seemed to be testing cannons.

Xin Xingzong hurriedly led his soldiers to climb up the city wall to watch.

As a result, as soon as Xin Xingzong and the others climbed up the city wall, they saw in the afterglow of the setting sun that the flying thunder cannon with a diameter of more than half a foot and a length of more than two feet was shot down, and a boulder the size of a house in the distance was blasted to pieces, and then shattered. Stones fell from the sky like stone rain.

Seeing such a terrifying scene, Xin Xingzong and the others were all terrified!
They were all thinking: "With the power of destroying the world, the walls of Jiangzhou City have been knocked down without a single shot. How can this city be defended? The key point is that the ant thief has more than 100 such flying machines." Lei Pao, if this salvo is aimed at Jiangzhou City, won't Jiangzhou City be razed to the ground?"

After seeing the "true power" of the unconscionable cannon, Xin Xingzong immediately wanted to order a retreat.

But this was opposed by Wang Ting.

Wang Ting thought that it would be dark soon, and if he ordered a sudden retreat, it would definitely cause panic among the soldiers and lead to chaos.

Wang Ting suggested that even if they want to retreat, they should wait until tomorrow morning to arrange the retreat before they can retreat one by one.

Undoubtedly, Wang Ting's suggestion is very reasonable.

Therefore, Xin Xingzong ordered that the army prepare to evacuate immediately, and they will withdraw from Jiangzhou City at dawn tomorrow morning.

Because he was worried that the Huben army would attack the city tonight, Xin Xingzong was in fear all night, without any sleepiness.

It was not until dawn that Xin Xingzong fell asleep in a chair.

But at this moment, someone suddenly came to report: "Boss, something is wrong, the ants may be attacking the city!"

Xin Xingzong was taken aback, and hurriedly climbed up the wall with a group of generals of the Song army to see what the Huben army was doing.

I saw that under the city wall, at least [-] civilians suddenly appeared. They were methodically preparing the siege equipment, and the smoke from the camp of the Huben army in the distance was obviously cooking.

Cooking at the fourth watch and attacking the city at the fifth watch?
Xin Xingzong was afraid, and hurried back to the big tent of the Chinese army and ordered: burn the food, grass and luggage, and the whole army retreats in the direction of Xingguo army.

After the order was issued, Xin Xingzong rode a very flamboyant big white horse, and under the protection of a large group of personal soldiers, took the lead in fleeing westward from the city.

After the armies received Xin Xingzong's order, some immediately burned the food, grass and supplies, and some ran away regardless. People in Jiangzhou City shouted and shouted, and there was chaos, especially after the generals of the Song Army heard that the general Xin Xingzong had run away. .

Seeing this, Wang Bao stomped his feet anxiously and scolded Xin Xingzong: "How can the general run away before the general retreats?"

Wang Zhi made a decisive decision and prepared to lead his troops to be the rear of the army.

Li Cun burst into laughter when he heard that the Song army fled westward in a hurry after Kaicheng!
Li Cun asked people to make this kind of fake cannon, but it was actually just a huge iron barrel, so how could it really be fired.

It's just that Li Cun asked people to pile up explosives under the boulder in advance, and at the same time put a lot of projectiles in the huge barrel.

A fire here, a dynamite pack over there.

Of course, time must be mastered.

Li Cun was purely trying to scare Song Jun.

The reason why Li Cun did this was mainly because Wu Desi and the secret agents of the pro-army Duwei Mansion sent back news that the Song Army had passed the unconscionable cannon and the thunderbolt into magical weapons. have to die.

Li Cunyi thought, if he didn't make good use of it, it would be a waste of the prestige of these two "artifacts".

Hence, the present result.

Li Cun immediately ordered that Han Bie and Yao Xing each lead 5000 troops to cover up and kill the Song army.

——The last time when the Song army on the northern front was completely wiped out in Suzhou, Li Cun got nearly ten thousand good horses. In addition, many Song generals and soldiers voted for Li Cun, so Li Cun asked the military officer to select 5000 good horses for ideological reform. Song soldiers with superb riding skills were filled into the two guard horse armies, making them each into a horse army of [-] horsemen. In addition, Li Cun also gave the two horse armies new names. The branch is called "Tabai Army", and the one led by Yao Xing is called "Beiwei Army".

At this time, the sky was already bright, and Han Bie and Yao Xing led the Tabai Army and Beiwei Army to chase along the route of the Song Army's retreat.

Along the way, the soldiers and armor discarded by the Song army were all over the ground, which was a mess.

Seeing this, Han Bie laughed: "The Song army is so weak, An Neng is the opponent of my family's wise and powerful governor?"

Yao Xing also said with emotion: "Zhao Song puts more emphasis on culture than martial arts, how can he have a strong army, sooner or later the world will be controlled by the governor."

The words of the two were heard by the former Song Army soldiers in their respective armies, which strengthened their determination to serve Li Cun and Huben Army.

The Tabai Army and Beiwei Army hadn't chased far to the west when scouts came to report: "There is a Song Army with 4000 to [-] horses ahead and laying an ambush."

Han Bie and Yao Xing heard the news, looked at each other, and communicated with each other: "The Song army is not full of wine bags and rice bags."

Han Bie and Yao Xing discussed for a while, and one continued to pursue the Song army from the front, and the other took a detour to attack the Song army.

The Song army that is setting up an ambush is exactly Wang Ting's department.

Wang Bao knew that the Huben army would definitely pursue him, so he wanted to find a place to ambush the army and see if he could beat the army away.

But the Tabai Army and the Beiwei Army attacked too fast, so that the Beiwei Army led by Yao Xing killed them before Wang Chen finished ambush.

Wang Bao saw that this was an ambush, and ordered to charge directly to the Beiwei army.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Ting took the lead and charged at the front.

Seeing this, Yao Xing was not afraid, and led the Beiwei army to meet Wang Teng's troops.

Soon Wang Ting and Yao Xing, who were at the front, fought hand to hand.

Dozens or hundreds of rounds are played without moving in Romance.

Only one face to face, Yao Xing, who was more skilled in martial arts and younger, almost took Wang Qiange off his horse with a single shot.

This made Wang Ting, who rarely met opponents, startled: "Is there such a master among the ant thieves?!"

At this moment, Wang Ting finally realized that the prestige of the Huben Army was not a fluke.

It's too late, it's fast.

In a blink of an eye, the two horse armies were killed together.

But when the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, Han Bie led the white army to kill him from behind.

Originally, there were not as many troops in Wang Teng's army as the back Wei army, but now there is another stepping white army, how can Wang Teng be undefeated?
After defeating Wang Teng's troops, Han Bie and Yao Xing led their respective troops to continue chasing and killing Song Jun.

Most of the Song army is infantry, how can they outrun the Tabai army and the Beiwei army?

Not only could they not outrun the Tabai Army and the Beiwei Army, fighting in the field on this plain, the infantry fighting the horse army was like a herd of sheep fighting a pack of wolves on the prairie.

As a result, the Song army was killed and scrambled for their lives, trampling on each other and causing countless deaths and injuries. Many of them fell from the bridge and drowned in the river due to crowding. The armor, flags, and luggage were discarded all the way.

The Tabai Army and Beiwei Army continued to hide and kill the Song Army until they arrived at the Xingguo Army. It was not until Zhongshi Dao personally led more than [-] horse troops to meet them that Han Bie and Yao Xing led the Tabai Army and Beiwei Army back the same way.

Three days later, Li Cun left Zhang Goudan and [-] troops to garrison Jiangzhou, and then led the army to Hongzhou.

But before Li Cun arrived at the city of Hongzhou, Han Shizhong, who led the left army to Hongzhou first, sent someone to report to Li Cun that the middle part of the planting division had withdrawn.

turn out to be--

Han Shizhong's order this time was to prevent the Song Army from entering the Liangzhe area again, and to put pressure on the Song Army to see if he could force the Song Army to withdraw from Hongzhou.

Therefore, after Han Shizhong's troops arrived in Hongzhou, they did not besiege the city, but set up camp in the east of the city, deliberately leaving room for the Song army to evacuate.

Last night, drums were played in the city of Hongzhou all night.

Han Shizhong felt that something was wrong, and was afraid that the seed master would come to steal the camp in the middle of the night, so he was always on guard, and even wanted to fight back against the seed master.

But who would have thought that the next morning, the drums were still beating in the city of Hongzhou, but there was no one on the city wall.

Han Shizhong boarded the watchtower and used binoculars to check the movement in Hongzhou City.

As a result, there was no one in the city.

Han Shizhong sent people into the city to have a look, and saw many live sheep hung upside down in front of the drums.

——It turned out that these sheep beat the battle drum last night, and the people in the middle of the breeding division ran away long ago.

Now that the strategic goal has been achieved, Han Shizhong naturally did not pursue it.

——The main thing is that Han Shizhong is also afraid of being ambushed by the seed teacher.

After occupying Hongzhou City, Han Shizhong sent people to report victory to Li Cun.

After listening to the report of the people sent by Han Shizhong, Li Cun couldn't help admiring the determination and sophistication of the teacher.

Li Cun did not stop his footsteps just then.

After leaving two poles and [-] troops to garrison Hongzhou, Li Cun led the rest of the troops to continue westward, assuming a decisive battle with Zhong Shidao.

It's a pity that Zhong Shidao didn't give Li Cun a chance to fight him decisively.

——When Li Cun led the army to the Xingguo Army, the Song Army on the Western Front had already withdrawn from the Xingguo Army, entered Jingzhou, and made a gesture of withdrawing from Jingzhou.

This time, Li Cun did not continue to push forward, but confronted the Xingguo army and the Song army on the western front. At the same time, Li Cun sent Han Shizhong, Fang Qifo and others to fully recover Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road.

Tong Guan soon learned of the fact that Li Cun had defeated Xin Xingzong of the Song Army on the Western Front and drove all the Song Army on the Western Front out of Jiangnan West Road.

Tong Guan was furious, and at the same time that he lowered the punishment for Zhong Shidao, Xin Xingzong and others, he hurriedly sent someone to report the news to Zhao Ji, urged Zhao Ji to make a decision quickly, and pointed out Li Cun's fate after seizing Jiangzhou and Hongzhou. The western front has been stabilized, and Li Cun is likely to lead his army northward to attack Bianliang City in Tokyo in the next step...

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